Anson Rainey (1981), "Via Maris" is not the historical name of any road. The phrase rather originates as the Latin translation of (Isa 9:1 ) [in the Hebrew Bible, (Isa 8:23 )] – "by the way of the sea". The prophet was probably referring to the road from Dan to the sea at Tyre, passing through Abel-beth-maachah, which marked the northern border of Israel at the time of the Assyrian conquest.